Re: Celtics

[Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>]

On Mon, 5 May 1997, Alex Caporicci wrote:

> 
>         What I wanted to ask, what was Pitino's style in New York when he
> coached the Knicks? I never got a chance (or remember) to see Pitino coach
> in the NBA. Will he implement a type of pressure system (similar to Phoenix
> in the first 6 or 7 minutes in Game 5 or the defence he's famous for in
> Kentuck) or will it be a standard NBA man-to-man defence. I know he can't
> play zone (illegal defence), but what will Pitino use? Any ideas?
> 

     I think when Pitino was coaching the Knicks, they were famous
for their fullcourt/halfcourt presses, and the # of 3's they
took.  It was Patrick Ewing and the bomb squad(Mark jackson, 
Gerald Wilkins, Trent Tucker, Rod Strickland).